Another Survey...

[SpaceOddity]

*pleads for participants*

1)Which vows did you make as a kid?
I swore suicide if the tigers perished.



2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
My synesthesia. I have such an 'only synesthete in the village' complex.



3) Childhood nicknames?
The Incredible Sulk. Beans. Sarah Bernhardt.



4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Persephone *likes gothic men*




5)What's the universal language?
Gurning.



6) Strangest conviction?
That I don't have a human soul. *shakes fist at own insanity*



7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Henry James. Despite always describing my life as Dickensian.


8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
Clocks. I refuse to have them near me. The ticking's an incessant affirmation of the present. I stop any I can lay my hands on.


9)What's your catharsis?
Used to be cello now it's vandalism.


10)Ideal home?
The gingerbread house.



11) Most enduring resentment?
Peter Pan for not delivering me from age.



12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
The first Brahms cello sonata. Menace masquerading as beauty. OR the Elgar cello concerto kinda a love song to a vanished world.


13)Random amusing fact?
First bloke I kissed was called Jesus.



14)Who's your strangest crush?
Heifetz. Legendary violinist. There's fairytale cruelty in his passion



15)Diet you'd pioneer?
Flammable food. Pyromaniacs are a neglected market.


16)What's your ideal kind of person?
Someone saturated with another world.



17)Which quote would you like applied to you?
"The women one meets - what are they but books one has already read? You're a library of the unknown, the uncut. Upon my word I've a subscription."
*ungratified vanity*


18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
DC's *grins*


19)What are you waiting for?
The oak woods to reclaim the country.

[Melville]

1)Which vows did you make as a kid?
To force the world to conform to my wishes. That didn't pan out.



2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
What'dya got?



3) Childhood nicknames?
Does "you look like a girl" count?



4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Krishna. After all, he is become death, shatterer of worlds.



5)What's the universal language?
Esperanto, to the best of my knowledge, although Noam Chomsky might disagree.


6) Strangest conviction?
That human existence consists of a wrenching away from the past toward the future; that a person is not a "being" with the property of being free, but that it is an embodied, self-conscious process that is not determined by the past but is contextualized by it. Wait, maybe that's Sartre's conviction.


7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Dostoevsky. Self-loathing and perverted intellectualism never looked so good.


8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
The unbearable weight of existence.


9)What's your catharsis?
The consolation of philosophy. Or Tarkovsky.


10)Ideal home?
Somewhere with waves rolling in.


11) Most enduring resentment?
That I couldn't force the world to conform to my wishes.


12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
Venus in Furs.


13)Random amusing fact?
I have got to catch a train.

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19)What are you waiting for?
The world to conform to my wishes.

[SpaceOddity]

12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
Venus in Furs.

*shock*

But, you wouldn't specify your ideal 'master'. :P

[jenniferofthejungle]

1)Which vows did you make as a kid?

When I was 9 or 10 I'd promised to kill myself on my 16th birthday. I'm late.

I also believed I would marry Bruce Lee. I don't think it mattered that he was dead.


2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?

If everyone thought the way I did the world would be a peaceful place.


3) Childhood nicknames?

Peachy (spelled Pichi)
J.J.


4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?

Pandora. That box would still be closed today.


5)What's the universal language?

Sarcasm


6) Strangest conviction?

I used to believe matches were conspiring to light themselves as I slept.


7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?

Jane Austen. I'm afraid I'm the long-suffering type with an embarrassing family.


8)On what/ whom have you declared war?

The library. Those stupid fines add up.

Also lard.


9)What's your catharsis?

Loud, angry music. Same now as when I was a kid.


10)Ideal home?

Clean, quiet place, with an awesome movie room.


11) Most enduring resentment?

Growing up and realizing my father wasn't perfect.


12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?

I'm not sure if I'd marry it, but Persuasion deserves a hump or two.


13)Random amusing fact?

I used to do everything in even numbers.



14)Who's your strangest crush?

It has to be Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats. That just isn't normal.



15)Diet you'd pioneer?

Calorie-free junk food.


16)What's your ideal kind of person?

Someone who is sweet and kind, likes to laugh, and hates hurting others.


17)Which quote would you like applied to you?

"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."


18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?

No one. I'm not the type.


19)What are you waiting for?

Life to finish passing me by.

[SpaceOddity]

8)On what/ whom have you declared war?

The library. Those stupid fines add up.

Also lard.

I'm with you on the library. *arms self*

But... lard? Lard? You've offended my larddite sensibilities.

*wounded*

[D_Davis]

1)Which vows did you make as a kid?
To never grow up, that is, to grow in maturity, but never forget to have fun and to take time off to do the things I like.


2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
I don't know what this means.


3) Childhood nicknames?
D-boy


4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
The Monkey King!





5)What's the universal language?
Esperanto - just ask the Stainless Steel Rat



6) Strangest conviction?
That all right roads lead to God, or what ever your perception of God is.



7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
William Saroyan


8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
stupidity


9)What's your catharsis?
writing


10)Ideal home?
my house I have now, really.


11) Most enduring resentment?
not trying harder for a college degree



12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
Echoes, by Pink Floyd


13)Random amusing fact?
The first movie I made out in was Edward Scissorhands.



14)Who's your strangest crush?
???



15)Diet you'd pioneer?
The bacon and English Muffin diet.


16)What's your ideal kind of person?
Someone who loves life.



17)Which quote would you like applied to you?
???


18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
Zhang Ziyi's


19)What are you waiting for?
The aliens.

[D_Davis]

5)What's the universal language?
Esperanto, to the best of my knowledge, although Noam Chomsky might disagree.

Yes! Another vote for Esperanto! The Stainless Steel Rat would be proud.

[D_Davis]

14)Who's your strangest crush?

It has to be Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats. That just isn't normal.

You're a furry, or a yiffer.

[jenniferofthejungle]

You're a furry, or a yiffer.

And here I thought I was Ms. Anti-fetish. :cry:

[Raiders]

1)Which vows did you make as a kid?
To never say the name of anyone who died (I was five and my grandmother had died).


2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
I'm the only one I know with good taste in films, books, music...



3) Childhood nicknames?
Flipper



4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Zeus (if you're gonna be mythic, might as well go to the top)


5)What's the universal language?
Love



6) Strangest conviction?
Pigs really do fly.



7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Agatha Christie. If I die, I want it to be in a murder mystery.


8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
Little kids with those heelys shoes (and their frakkin' parents)


9)What's your catharsis?
Killer Klowns from Outer Space


10)Ideal home?
A single family house in Northborough, MA. It is the only place that's home.


11) Most enduring resentment?
Life doesn't get easier once school is over.


12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
Lolita


13)Random amusing fact?
I'm naked right now

[Horbgorbler]

1)Which vows did you make as a kid?

When I was 15 I vowed to learn a foreign language by 17... It didn't pan out, to my dismay.

2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?

My music taste. RYM mostly squashed that, however.

3) Childhood nicknames?

Neff(y).

4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?

Eru, who in Arda is called Illúvatar. Basically Yahweh, but significantly better.

5)What's the universal language?

Unamunda, off corset, froyling!

6) Strangest conviction?

That the hipsters are out to get me.

*wishes he were joking*

7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?

P.G. Wodehouse. I call people "old bean" and throw rolls at them.

8)On what/ whom have you declared war?

Dane Cook and Carlos Mencia. Comedy should be funny, blast it!

9)What's your catharsis?

Head-banging to songs that absolutely don't suggest it.

10)Ideal home?

A hobbit-hole.

11) Most enduring resentment?

That I missed seeing the underwater musical adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, twice.

12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?

Shirley Collin's Anthems in Eden. Idyllic.

13)Random amusing fact?

While climbing, baby sloths sometimes mistake their own limbs for branches and fall from the trees.

14)Who's your strangest crush?

Stephen Fry or the saxophonist from Cardiacs (Sarah Smith.) Or Death and Delirium of the Endless.

15)Diet you'd pioneer?

Rice pudding, pad Thai and stroopwafels.

16)What's your ideal kind of person?

Someone who could fill in the (gargantuan) gaps in my knowledge.

17)Which quote would you like applied to you?

I can't front: the first thing that popped into my head, unbidden, was "Oscar Wilde only wished he was this gay." I blame my avatar.

18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?

I wouldn't object to living on Serenity and being shared by Kaylee and Inara. *insert icine 'eyebrow' smilie*

19)What are you waiting for?

Godot. [/wah-wah-wah]

[SpaceOddity]

11) Most enduring resentment?

That I missed seeing the underwater musical adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, twice.

*sympathy lament*

[Lasse]

1)Which vows did you make as a kid?
"Never get drunk." Seriously.

2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
English is my second language. What does this mean?

3) Childhood nicknames?
Lasse D, Danse-Daisy (Dancing Daisy :lol: ), Damgaard...

4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
My dad! Really, I have no idea.

5)What's the universal language?
Alcohol.

6) Strangest conviction?
Sometimes I get this feeling that I'm not worthless, that I have friends that like me and that it may be possible for me to find love. Though every morning I wake up again.

7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Myself, damnit!

8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
Mexico. Damn Mexicans!

9)What's your catharsis?
Loud music, soccer, working extra-super-hard.

10)Ideal home?
It's all about the company.

11) Most enduring resentment?
Not caring about school back once upon a time.

12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
"Robin Tunney: An Autobiography"

13)Random amusing fact?
When I'm drunk, I kiss guys.

14)Who's your strangest crush?
Teela from the He-Man comics.

15)Diet you'd pioneer?
Beer'n'Pizza. Also, Coca-Cola. And rum.

16)What's your ideal kind of person?
A woman blond hair down to her knees and boobs so big she can't drive a car.

17)Which quote would you like applied to you?
"Awesome!"

18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
Robin Tunney. Alternatively, Anna Faris.

19)What are you waiting for?
I was Waiting For Magic, but now it's that damn Gwen Stefani song.

[Melville]

12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
Venus in Furs.

*shock*

Well, I assume that after the wedding she's bound to settle down and start treating me right.

[bac0n]

1)Which vows did you make as a kid?
a scout it trustworthy loyal helpful courteous kind obedient cheerful thrifty brave clean reverent

2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?
I dance a certain way.

3) Childhood nicknames?
Not tellin' (I loathed it)

4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?
Elvis Presley

5)What's the universal language?
music [/cliche']

6) Strangest conviction?
Within the next five years, Jenna Bush is going to give birth to the antichrist.

7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?
Dr. Seuss or Terry Pratchett. Probably both.

8)On what/ whom have you declared war?
Nose hairs

9)What's your catharsis?
synthesizor mayhem

10)Ideal home?
Where I live now, but with a bigger kitchen, two more bedrooms and a bigger garage.

11) Most enduring resentment?
Def Leppard

12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?
Already married, sorry.

13)Random amusing fact?
I'm a distant relative of Laurence Welk

14)Who's your strangest crush?
none at the moment

15)Diet you'd pioneer?
The Plate of Ribs and a Cold Beer "Die With A Smile On Your Face" program.

16)What's your ideal kind of person?
Red hair, curly, about six foot tall, limestone eyes, same last name as me

17)Which quote would you like applied to you?
"My name is Robert and I can't stop thinking about ninjas. These guys are cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet." -- Robert Hamburger

18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?
Bondage ain't my thing.

19)What are you waiting for?
this cough to go away.

[Melville]

17)Which quote would you like applied to you?

I can't front: the first thing that popped into my head, unbidden, was "Oscar Wilde only wished he was this gay." I blame my avatar.

:lol:

[megladon8]

1)Which vows did you make as a kid?

I vowed that I would become a filmmaker, because if I ended up in a desk job I would commit suicide.

And that's not hyperbole.


2) About what do you have delusions of individuality?

Most things.

Probably my medical history. Nothing pisses me off more than "older" people who think they have more of a right to be here because the've been through so much...yet I've probably been through three times as much as them, in a third of their time.


3) Childhood nicknames?

I've actually never had a nickname from friends, but my parents used to called me "B-Man".


4)Mythic character you'd most like to be?

Does Superman count as mythic?

If not, then I suppose Poseidon. Being in control of all of those vast expanses of ocean is pretty incredible.


5)What's the universal language?

Um...I don't know?


6) Strangest conviction?

Again, no idea.


7)If you were a character in a book who'd be the author?

Hmm...probably Mordecai Richler. He's good at writing eccentric characters who are ambiguously likable.


8)On what/ whom have you declared war?

Arrogance.


9)What's your catharsis?

Here's my technique: I take all of my anger, and I bury it way deep inside myself, and never tell anyone about it.


10)Ideal home?

A big house with four big dogs.


11) Most enduring resentment?

That through most of my academci career I haven't tried at all, when I know I could easily be a top-of-the-class student.


12)Piece of music/ book/ film you'd marry?

Music - "Stay With Me" by Clint Mansell from The Fountain soundtrack

Book - "Persuasion" by Jane Austen

Film - The Fountain


13)Random amusing fact?

There are more people alive right now than there have been throughout all of history, combined.


14)Who's your strangest crush?

Most of my crushes are pretty strange by conventional standards.


15)Diet you'd pioneer?

Eat anything you want, in any quantity you want, whenever you want.


16)What's your ideal kind of person?

Someone who's a geek like me, and find my geekiness to be sexy.


17)Which quote would you like applied to you?

"Here's a nice piece of shit!"
-Billy Madison

I've been called a "piece of shit" many times, but never a nice one.


18) Whose personal slave would you most like to be?

I've never been the type to want to be a slave.

But I suppose for argument's sake and to answer the question, I guess the most straight-forward answer is the woman I think is the most beautiful in Hollywood - Rachel Weisz.


19)What are you waiting for?

For my life to start making sense to me, and to know what I should be doing.

[Melville]

9)What's your catharsis?

Here's my technique: I take all of my anger, and I bury it way deep inside myself, and never tell anyone about it.

Heh. Yeah, I've got that one mastered, too.

13)Random amusing fact?

There are more people alive right now than there have been throughout all of history, combined.

I've heard that many times, but it's actually a myth:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...ects/H/History

[megladon8]

I've heard that many times, but it's actually a myth:

Yeh, I just looked up "funny facts" on Google and that was one that sounded interesting and totally impossible.